Policy & Advocacy
Policy Updates & Supported Legislation
Recent Supported Legislation
- Rural America Health Corps Act (S.2406)
- COMMUNITIES Act (H.R. 6676)
Recent Letters, Statements, and Policy Updates
September 23, 2021
Advocacy Update: ACU Helps Lead the Charge to Improve Health Equity Through Expanded Voter Access
May 20, 2021
ACU Board Member Shelley Spires Testifies at Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Subcommittee Hearing
April 19, 2021
Stakeholder Letter in Support of Expanding National Health Service Corps Eligibility to Include Optometry
March 12, 2021
Stakeholder Letter in Support of the Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act
March 10, 2021
Historic Funding Increase for the National Health Service Corps: $800 Million Included in COVID-19 Stimulus Package
January 29, 2021
Stakeholder Letter in Support of the Strengthening America’s Health Care Readiness Act
January 29, 2021
Statement on Sen. Durbin and Sen. Rubio’s Strengthening America’s Health Care Readiness Act
January 21, 2021
Statement on the Nomination of Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary
December 22, 2020
Policy & Advocacy Update: Success: More than $1B in Extended Funding for the NHSC!
October 15, 2020
Policy & Advocacy Update: Protecting the NHSC & Empowering Our Communities in an Age of Uncertainty
September 18, 2020
ACU HPSA RFI Comments & Recommendations
July 17, 2019
House E&C Committee Votes Through 4 Year Level-Funding Bill for NHSC
June 26, 2019
Senate Health Committee Votes Through Bill to Level-Fund NHSC for 5 Years
March 28, 2019
Butterfield Circulates NHSC Letter to House Appropriations Committee
March 28, 2019
Sanders and Clyburn Introduce Bill to Strengthen NHSC Funding
January 29, 2019
ACU Member Testifies Before Senate HELP Committee
January 10, 2019
Blunt & Stabenow Introduce CHIME bill in Senate
November 13, 2017
Safety Net Groups Send Letter to Congress on Extender Package
November 3, 2017
ACU Statement on House Vote to Extend Funding for the NHSC
September 29, 2017
ACU Supports Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Funding for the NHSC
September 11, 2017
ACU Board Member To Testify Before Congress
July 27, 2017
NHSC Support Letter Circulates in House
May 23, 2017
ACU Statement on President’s FY18 Budget Request
November 2, 2016
National Groups Call on Congress to Extend Safety Net Programs
February 19, 2016
ACU Statement on President’s FY17 Budget Request
May 1, 2015
Senate Bill Would Expand NHSC to Jails
March 24, 2015
NHSC Funding Included in SGR Package
February 2, 2015
President Reconfirms Strong Support for NHSC in FY16 Budget
October 28, 2014
ACU Joins with 100+ other Groups to Press for Fix to Primary Care Cliff
April 7, 2014
NHSC Stakeholder Group Letter to Congress
February 27, 2014
President’s Budget to Propose Expansion of the NSHC
December 11, 2013
Congressional Budget Deal Unveiled – Sequester Will Cut NHSC Funding
September 24, 2013
What a Government Shutdown Means for Health Programs
